Columbia Bay in July, choked with calved ice from the Columbia Glacier. One of the largest tidewater glaciers in North America, and one of the fastest retreating.

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#alaska #columbiaglacier #iceberg #princewilliamsound #glacier

NASA Earth: "#Alaska’s #ColumbiaGlacier has lost more than half of its total thickness and volume since the 1980s. These images captured by #Landsat 8 reveal more recent changes, like how the main branch has retreated since 2019.
Today, additional tidewater glaciers across the planet have garnered attention from scientists for their collective potential to contribute to #sealevelrise."

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153291/alaskas-iconic-columbia-glacier-still-retreats?linkId=586275742

Alaska’s Iconic Columbia Glacier Still Retreats

The glacier’s Main Branch pulled away from a stabilizing rocky outcrop, while melting along the West Branch exposed “new gravelly real estate.”

Columbia Glacier on the south coast of Alaska

Today's Image of the Day from the European Space Agency features the Columbia Glacier, a tidewater glacier located in Prince William Sound

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File:Prince William Sound, Bligh Reef, Valdez Arm, Port Valdez, Columbia Glacier, Alaska, USA - 18 June 2023 (53621320546).jpg - Wikimedia Commons

File:Columbia Glacier, Alaska, USA - 22 August 2023 (53169955108).jpg - Wikimedia Commons

🔵 Still one of my favourite views from above, Columbia Glacier, #Alaska, #USA🇺🇸 - 22 August 2023 #Copernicus🇪🇺 #Sentinel-2🛰️ Full-size ▶️ https://flic.kr/p/2p1rVeW #RemoteSensing #OpenData #Glacier #ColumbiaGlacier Image is about 32 kilometers wide @CopernicusEU @CopernicusECMWF
Columbia Glacier, Alaska, USA - 22 August 2023

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Columbia Icefield Glacier Hwy 93 Icefields Parkway Jasper National Park, Alberta Canada by Wayne Moran

Columbia Icefield Glacier Hwy 93 Icefields Parkway Jasper National Park, Alberta Canada by Wayne Moran

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